Slat-lock and bed-stay



A. E. CLEVETT.

SLAT 1.00K AND BBD STAY.

10.414,292. Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

@gq-Mum 1| l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR E. OLEVETT, OF KEVANEE, ILLINOIS.

SLAT-LOCK AND BED-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,292, dated November 5, 1889.

Application tiled July 22,1889. Serial No. 318,293. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. CLEvETT, of Kewanee, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slat-Locks and Bed- Stays; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to an improvement in Slat-locks and bed-stays; and it consists in, first, the combination of the side rails of the bed with pivoted or hinged supporting-hooks attached thereto and a slat provided with plates upon opposite sides of its ends and which are provided with projections which catch in the hooks; second, the combination, with the side rails ot the bed, of angular plates secured thereto, pivoted hooks attached to the plates, and castings upon the ends of the slats provided with projections to catch in the hooks, as willbe more fully described hereinafter.

The objects of my invention are to attach to the side rails of the bed pivoted or hinged plates provided with hooks in their outer free ends for engaging with the projections upon the ends of the slats for the purpose of prevent ing the side rails of the bed from springing or bulging outward and thus allow the slats to fall through to the floor, and to brace and sta-y the bed so as to make it perfectly strong and rigid, and to enable the hooked plates to be closed inward against the side rail while the bed is packed for transportation or is being moved about, and thus prevent the plates from projecting outward in such a manner as to scratch and injure other parts which may be brought in contact with the side rails.

Figure l is a perspective of aslat-lock and bed-stay which embodies niy invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective of a portion of a side rail and its attachments. Fig. 3 is a perspective of one of the plates which is attached to the slat.

A represents the side rail ot a bed, and to which the L-shaped plates B are secured upon each side of the recess C, made to receive thc end of one of the slats. Each of these plates B is provided upon its inner edge with an ear or projection D, and pivoted upon this projection is the hook supporting and locking' plate G. Both of these plates G can be turned through about a quarter of a circle, so as to extend either in a direct line with the side rails when they are closed or project at a right angle thereto, as may be preferred. When these plates are closed against the side rail, they may be held in that position by means of a spring I, which is pivoted upon the rail, as shown, and which serves to prevent the hooked plates from swinging outward and scratching or mari-ing other articles of furniture which may be brought in contact with the rails while they are detached from the bed for transportation or any other purpose. While these hooked plates are closed, so as to extend in a straight line with the side rail, they take up no appreciable room.

Secured to opposite corners of the slat are the plates J, which have the projections O extending therefrom at right angles to the length of the slat, and which projections catch in the hooked plates When the plates are turned outward at right angles to the side rail, as shown. These projections iit in the hooks sufficiently tight to prevent either the rail from having any outward spring or bulging movement or the slats from having any endwise movement, and thus the bed is braced rigidly in position. As the side rails cannot bulge or swing outward, the slats cannot become displaced nor the bed become shaky from constant use. These lockingplates will be attached to any suitable number of slats, so as to brace the bed, but need not necessarily be attached to all 0f the slats. As here shown the hooks are made nearly vertical upon one side and concaved upon the other, a construction which allows the projections to be readily removed and form a steady bearing for them; butl do not limit myself to this precise construction. The front parts of the hooks being made concave prevents the projections from rising when the bed is being pulled out, and the outer sides of the projections are squared or ilattened, so as to correspond to the almost vertical sides against which they bear, and this IOO construction givesthe slats a downward motion and prevents them from jumping out when the bed is pushed.

The attachments here shown do not prevent the ends of the slats from bearing upon the side rails in the usual manner, and hence no one slat is raised above the level of the other.

Having'thus described my invention, I claim- I. The combination of the side rails and the hinged or pivoted hooked plates attached thereto at opposite sides of the recesses to re-V ceive the ends of the slats, with the slat provided with projections at opposite corners to catch in the hooks, substantially as described. 2. The combination of the side rails, the angular plates secured thereto upon opposite sides of the recesses to receive the ends of the slats, the hooked plates pivoted to the angular plates and extending down into Athe rey sition, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I' i ARTHUR E. CLEVETT.v lVitnesses:

ARTHUR MARTIN, M. G. SHELDEN. 

